Hypocalcemic crisis
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1Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Critical Care Clinics
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Calcium is an essential ion for normal cardiovascular and other organ functions. Direct ionized calcium measurement is the best method for diagnosing hypocalcemia in critically ill patients. The presence of ionized hypocalcemia implies a defect in the parathyroid-vitamin D axis. Prompt recognition and appropriate treatment of this disorder may be life saving.